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Excessive use of words like ‘commendable’ and ‘meticulous’ suggests ChatGPT has been used in thousands of scientific studies (english.elpais.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don’t understand why those folks wouldn’t just either publish in a language they speak or get an English-speaking coauthor to help write in English

Major journals are in English, and "just getting an English speaking coauthor" might not be as easy as you make it sound – especially considering that using an LLM to fix grammar is definitely going to be easier and faster

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm in science. It isn't difficult to get an English speaking coauthor. Going to an LLM is easier and faster, sure, but if someone can't understand the output then they have no idea if their text is being translated correctly.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh yeah that's absolutely true, I was thinking more of people who aren't fluent in English and would like to make their text a bit more natural or fluent, which is what I've done

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Ah, I would consider that fluff, which is okay in my book. I don't use it for writing, personally, but what I tell my students is that if it'd be fine for a friend to do the thing and not get coauthorship, it's fine to use AI for that (provided you acknowledge it, as you would a friend who provides some helpful comments on a draft). Proofing and suggesting minor stylistic things fall under that umbrella IMO.